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Dear Saint Luke Families,

My name is Dianna Mucciacciaro and I am the reading Specialist at St. Luke School. Students receive academic intervention based on his/her performance on various reading assessments conducted throughout the school year. Each week I provide pull out and push in intervention. I will be working with students 1:1 and in small groups three times a week. I will be working closely with the classroom teachers to help each student succeed. Extra help will be offered once a week, by invitation only.

For early readers, I will be focusing on letter and sound recognition, sight words, fluency and comprehension. For students that know their letters and sounds, I will be focusing on phonics, sight words, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.

Reading outside of school is essential and should be fun! Below are some fun activities:

• Read a book or magazine
• Play board games
• Listen to e-books
• Play letter/word Bingo
• Read and make a recipe
• Write a song and sing it to a family member or friend

Notable website:

• www.queenslibrary.org
• www.goodreads.com
• www.timeforkids.com
• www.sikids.com
• www.funbrain.com
• www.starfall.com

I look forward to a great year working with the children. I believe in a strong home-school connection. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns you may have. I can be reached at dmucciacciaro@slswhitestone.org  or at 718.746.3833.

Sincerely,                      

Dianna Mucciacciaro